The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-07-30

Ten important lines of railwa
center in the city, and the South
ern Kansas Railway has just ex
tended its line to Atchison. Til
CENTRAL SHOPS.
Of the Missouri Pacific road hay
recently been located there; tn,
largest lumber yard in the Yves
has recently been established ther
and many other important com
mercial and manufacturing IN
dustries have been located ther
during the past six months. Bet
Ter than all, too, hundreds o
thousands OF dollars that wer,
formerly wasted in the sfloon,
are now expended in feeding anC
clothing and housing the people
and as Il result, thousands d
wives and children in Atchisor
who we've living IN poverty q few
years ago are now prosperous,
happy and contented.
THIS ST. JOSEPH DISPATCH
IS only a fair specimen Of hun.
dreds of false. malicious state
ments ] have seen published iii
the newspapers of the country
during the past three or foul
years concerning Kansas and Kan-
sas towns. The whisky interest
predicted that the abolition of sa-
looms in Kansas would Injurious
ly affect the material prosperity
OF the State, and falsehoods IN
tended to confirm this view are
constantly invented and circula-
ted in every section of the coun-
try, and especially in States where
movements are being made to
banlsh the saloons. | am recciv-
ing letters daily from different
States, making inquiries concern
ing the effects and results of our
TEMPERANCE LAWS
on the financial, commercial and
other material interests of our
Statc, and these letters all indi-
cate that the work of maliening
Kansas is going on in every sec
tlon of the country. Permit me
therefore, to give you the real
facts. The Prohibition amcnd-
ment to our constitution was
adopted IN the autumn Of 1880,
and the first laws to enforce il
went into effect in May, 1881.
The war TO Danish the saloons
was for some years only partially
successful. The amendment has
been adopted by a very meogre
majority and rublic sentiment in
all our larger cities was over
whelmingly against 1t. As late
as January, 1885 saloons were
open in fully thirty Of the
LARGER CITIES OF KANSAS,
including Topeka, the capital Of
the State. But steadily and sure
ly the public sentiment against
them spread and intensified. The
small majority that had voted for
the amendment was reinforced
first by those law-respectino
citizens who are always willing to
subordinate their personal opin.
ions to the majesty of the law f;
and second, by an equally large
number who, observing the prac,
teal results following the abolition
of saloons il different cities and
towns became convinced that Kan
sas would be a more prosperous
happier and in all respects bet,
ter community Of people if it had
not an open saloon within its bor.
ders.
The sentiment Of Kansas against
the
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
has grown aud strengthened unit
to-day / very much doubt whether
Of It's 100000 male voters, mor
than $4,000 would, if they could
invite back and reinstate the sa-
loon, Ono argument Of tn,
whisky interest. viz, that saIooni
promote the prosperity and growtl
of communities, has been an
swered in Kansos by the con
yincing logic of facts. In 1885,
tho population of this State, as
shown by the census, was 995,
096; in March, 1856, as shown
by the State census, it was / ,406,
S3S, ana it is now fully 1850. 900
In 1880 Kansas had only $40.
miles of railway
WITHIN HER BORDERS;
on the 1st of March last, th,
State board OF railroad assessor
reported 6208 miles for taxation
and from 600 to 800 miles will b,
added 10 this aggregate befor,
the close of the year. In 1885,
the assessed value of all the rea
ana personal property of tn,
State was only sl60,S6l, $50; ol